Clinico-genomic modeling refers to the statistical analysis that incorporates both clinical data such as medical test results, demographic information and genomic data such as gene expression profiles. It is an emerging research area in biomedical...

Density functional theory (DFT) is a widely used quantum mechanical method for the simulation of the electronic structure of atoms, molecules, and solids. The only part that needs to be approximated is the exchange-correlation energy as a...

The main outcome of this dissertation is a highly detailed RSL record constructed for the time interval 600 to 1600 AD to explore the eustatic response of sea level to the atmospheric warming that occurred during the Medieval Warm Period (∼900 to...

Weak bonds such as hydrogen bond, pi-pi stacking and van der Waals interaction are much weaker in the strength but play a more important role for the existence of various lives. For example, they are the major intermolecular interactions in the...

Silicon nanoparticles (SiNPs) are regarded as a promising alternative of traditional II-VI quantum dots in the field of bio-applications due to their photoluminescence and bio-compatibility. Chapter 1 reviews various synthetic routes and...